I'm thinking about "That could be correct" or "That is possibly correct"—although I'm not sure if any of the sentences above are valid.
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2Why do you feel they aren't valid?– marcellothearcaneCommented May 28, 2017 at 16:07
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I don't like "is" as well here, because "is" doesn't sound as doubtful. // I think you might be happier asking this type of question over on English Language Learners.– aparente001Commented May 29, 2017 at 4:27
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You could say "That may be correct".
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Try to get in the habit of providing documentation in an answer. (Otherwise, you do have enough rep to leave a comment....) Commented May 29, 2017 at 4:28
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I was responding to the inquiry. I don't understand what happened to every participant on this page. Commented May 29, 2017 at 14:13
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Well, I'm not sure what your second comment sentence means exactly, but I sense some sort of confusion on your part. Let me try again. Your answer has been downvoted twice, and has not been upvoted. I want to acknowledge your willingness to help the person who asked the question! But I also want to provide some guidance that will help you write more successful answers (i.e. that will fare better in voting). My suggestion is to provide more documentation for your answers, in future.... Hope that is clearer than my first comment! Commented May 29, 2017 at 17:36
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Never mind. I now understand that it is common for double down votes to sweep broadly across a page here. Thanks for your help. Commented May 29, 2017 at 20:18
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You're right not to take it personally. But the site gets a lot of traffic, so there is a concerted effort to keep the standards high. When this was explained to me, the people who explained were harsh about it, so I tried to let you know in what I hoped was a less hurtful way. Commented May 30, 2017 at 2:38
Your sentence can be rewritten as:
That this is correct is possible.
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That it is correct is possible.
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I think this must be what is required, though it's horribly stilted. Your proposed answers with "that" for "it" are not rewriting the sentence: they're producing a sentence of similar meaning. Commented May 28, 2017 at 23:25
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Try to get in the habit of providing documentation in an answer. Commented May 29, 2017 at 4:28